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Best Endpoint Security of 2020 for Small Businesses

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On October 8, 2020

Best Endpoint Security of 2020 for Small Businesses

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Best Endpoint Security of 2020 for Your Small Business

Finding the best endpoint security for your network needs can be a challenge. There are dozens of options, all supporting a myriad of advanced security features and integrations that may be impossible to navigate unless you’re an expert. Each vendor offers a unique set of services with strengths and weaknesses that will ultimately determine whether your users stay safe or not. The best endpoint security may vary from organization to organization, but here are our top picks for the best endpoint security options available in 2020.

What is Endpoint Security?

Endpoint security, end user security, endpoint protection—while the name can be flexible, its necessity for a secure network is not. Endpoint security software protects small businesses & enterprises by guarding connected devices against malware and other advanced cyberattacks. Modern endpoint security integrates with appliances and applications you already use to provide edge protection as employees and guests access your network.

Encrypted malware, ransomware, and business email compromise can spell disaster for small businesses. That’s why the ability to monitor end user activity in real time – as well as make decisions to quarantine and isolate individual machines – can mean the difference between a small, contained incident and a catastrophic breach.

In 2020, endpoint security platforms now incorporate Endpoint Detection & Response capabilities powered by AI. Guided response, rich reporting, and root cause analysis are all top-shelf features that organizations should seek in a quality endpoint security service.

What does Endpoint Security include?

The best endpoint security goes beyond the basics. Traditionally, end user protection included passive endpoint scans combined with basic antivirus capabilities. However, in 2020, the best endpoint security blow the basics out of the water with multiple advanced security features:

Continuous monitoring of files, applications, & connected devices
Automated incident detection and isolation of infected machines
Web content filtering to safeguard productivity and network usage
Auto-provisioning based on user group, OS, location, or time of day
Intuitive regulatory compliance controls & reporting
Real-time threat intelligence updates from a pedigreed threat research team

The threat landscape is always evolving. That means your end user protection must stand up to threats never-before-seen by the network security ecosystem. The ability to recognize zero day exploits based on machine learning and behavioral analysis is essential for organizations to stay secure in 2020.

What is the Best Endpoint Protection of 2020?

Here are our top picks for the best Endpoint Protection for small businesses in 2020:

SonicWall Capture Client

Key Features:

Continuous behavioral monitoring creates complete profile of network activity
Layered defense of cloud intelligence, advanced static analysis, & dynamic protection
Integration with Capture Advanced Threat Protection cloud-based sandboxing
Ability to rollback targeted endpoints to a restored state even after infection
Malware protection engine powered by SentinelOne

What makes SonicWall Capture Client unique?

SonicWall teams up with SentinelOne to deliver a heuristic endpoint protection suite with the unique capability to mirror Microsoft shadow copies for post-infection rollbacks. This eliminates the need for manual restoration after a ransomware attack and lets admins rest easy knowing they can always restore endpoints to their pre-infection state. In addition, round-the-clock behavioral monitoring eliminates the need for scheduled system scans. In short, this minimizes network resource hogging and safeguards user productivity.

Fortinet FortiClient

Key Features:

Integrates with all Fortinet Security Fabric components
Automated prevention of known & unknown threats through host-based security stack
Intelligent patch management & vulnerability shielding
SSL & IPSec VPN security provides reliable access to corporate networks
Detects elusive memory techniques used in exploits like buffer overflows

What makes Fortinet FortiClient unique?

Fortinet FortiClient end user protection services simplify remote user experience with built-in user provisioning, auto-connect, and an “always-up” VPN. FortiClient works perfectly in tandem with all Fortinet devices and services on your network through the Fortinet Security Fabric. According to NSS Labs 2019 Advanced Endpoint test, FortiClient blocked 100% of malware including extremely elusive threats.

Sophos Intercept X Advanced with EDR

Key Features:

Automatically detects, prioritizes, & investigates potential threats using AI
Leverages deep learning analysis to analyze malware in extreme detail
Out-of-the-box SQL queries categorized by use case
Live Response provides users command line access to endpoints & servers
Quickly search up to 90 days of current & historical on-disk data

What makes Sophos Intercept X Advanced with EDR unique?

Sophos made a huge splash with the upgrade to its original Intercept X service. It sports big changes that included Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) capabilities in addition to its already robust real-time, integrated endpoint platform. Intercept X Advanced combines powerful endpoint protection with endpoint detection driven by machine learning. This means most threats are squashed long before they can damage your network. Artificial intelligence assists with guided response. To save your small business even more, an important note: the objective of Sophos endpoint protection is to reduce the need for added IT employees by consolidating their roles into a single automated system.

Cisco Meraki Systems Manager

Key Features:

Native Network Integration shares intelligence across all Meraki components
Automatic WiFi settings securely connect managed wireless devices
Auto-provisioning of VPN settings based on Client VPN
Zero-touch deployment through a self-service web portal
Deploy policies & changes from the cloud across the entire network

What makes Cisco Meraki Systems Manager unique?

Cisco Meraki’s endpoint management solution supports a variety of platforms and operating systems, making Systems Manager a flexible option for most any deployment. Systems Manager offers cloud-based endpoint management tools that easily scale up to meet growth needs. By providing admins the ability to manage distributed deployments from anywhere in the world, Systems Manager is an endpoint security solution built for a highly mobile, highly distributed world.

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What is EDR? Automated endpoint detection & real-time response to threats

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On April 23, 2020

What is EDR? Automated endpoint detection & real-time response to threats

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To continue our recent theme of decoding abbreviations, EDR means Endpoint Detection & Response, and that means that the age of AI is upgrading networks. This automated, real-time endpoint solution ensures that end users can work securely no matter where in the world they’re located in relation to a firewall.

With EDR, your network defenses constantly scan for the kinds of elusive malware, ransomware, and zero day threats that signature-based detection platforms miss. And in the event a security incident occurs, advanced Endpoint Detection & Response platforms such as Sophos Intercept X Advanced with EDR or FortiEDR stop attacks even if the endpoint is compromised. Guided response lets administrators easily walk through the steps of an attack to see its root cause and isolate infected machines.

EDR’s machine learning systems deter, detect, disarm, dissect, deescalate, and do away with any cyber threats you can throw its way.

Why EDR works for small businesses

Survey after survey several years running have revealed two facts: a majority of small businesses find it difficult to hire qualified IT talent–especially talent focused on network security–and their budgets often struggle to accommodate the talent they do find. Automated endpoint detection and response monitored by 24-hour machine learning intelligence adds just the kind of cybersecurity expertise that SMBs need without a higher employee headcount.

Just like modern grocery stores have self-checkout lines and autoworkers now benefit from the assistance of robotics, automation enables small businesses to do more with less to get the job done. Farm out malware expertise and incident response to the bots!

Sophos Intercept X Advanced with EDR

Intercept X Advanced has been a longstanding go-to for network admins looking to add advanced protection to their networks in a comprehensive, integrated system. Sophos Intercept X Advanced now also consolidates that industry-leading protection and EDR into a single solution. Intercept X’s advanced malware prevention significantly eases the workload on the EDR component, allowing you to utilize more of the speed and performance you pay your Internet Service Provider for.

Minimize staffing by automating IT tasks usually done by skilled experts
Prioritize potential threats & automatically detect security incidents
Provide visibility into attack scope, root cause, impact, & network health
Hunt for indicators of compromise that may leave your network vulnerable

Fortinet FortiEDR

FortiEDR will be made available to order on May 4th and is already boasting some big benefits and features. An EDR solution purpose-built to detect potential threats, FortiEDR stops breaches in real time, and mitigate the damage of ransomware even on machines that have already been compromised. FortiEDR also extends security to IOT devices with the ability to protect everything from PCs to servers to point-of-sale systems and more.

Creates very small network footprint thanks to native cloud infrastructure
Enjoy automated EPP with orchestrated response across platforms
Stop file-based malware with Fortinet’s kernel-level Next Gen AV engine
Eliminate dwell time & reduce post-breach expenses

SonicWall Capture Client

Automated endpoint detection and response is integrated into SonicWall’s Capture Client, bringing together EDR, advanced threat protection, and integrated network security. With unique ransomware rollback capabilities and intuitive attack visualizations, Capture Client offers a comprehensive endpoint protection and EDR environment for any SonicWall network.

Next-generation SentinelOne malware protection engine
Advanced threat protection with sandbox integration
Behavior-based scanning powered by machine learning
Unique attack rollback capabilities using Volume Shadow Copy Service
Install & manage trusted TLS certificates to leverage DPI-SSL

SonicWall SMB Bundles: Enterprise Security for Small Businesses

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On November 2, 2018

SonicWall SMB Bundles: Enterprise Security for Small Businesses

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SonicWall SMB Bundles Deliver Cost-Effective All-In-One Solutions

Small businesses can be big targets for cybercrime and often, SMBs don’t have the specialized staff or budget necessary to keep up with the arms race. Small business owners know they need network security, but question where to start. SonicWall is making “square one” much easier to navigate by introducing their newly launched TotalSecure SMB Bundles. These bundles are designed to corral all of the quintessential security products and services under a single price tag, meaning small business owners aren’t scrambling to match up compatible services and compare dozens of firewall models.

What’s in a SonicWall SMB Bundle?

The SonicWall SMB Bundles provide both the technology and services that small businesses need to lock down their network in one fell swoop. The foundation of the bundle is a next generation firewall from either the SonicWall TZ series or an SonicWall NSa 2650. The TZ 370, TZ 470, TZ 570, TZ 600, and all of their wireless counterparts make up the SonicWall TZ series, providing the cutting-edge of network security technology wrapped in one small package. These next gen firewalls are capable of utilizing SonicWall’s patented Re-Assembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI), allowing even small offices to scan the encrypted traffic that makes up over 60% of all Internet activity.

In addition to a next generation firewall, SonicWall SMB Bundles include two years of SonicWall’s Advanced Gateway Security Suite (AGSS), a 10-User License for SonicWall’s Capture Client Advanced, and access to the Capture Security Center for management and reporting. You can find a more detailed look at SonicWall’s Advanced Gateway Security Suite in our recent article about the service.

What’s Capture Client Advanced?

SonicWall Capture Client is an antivirus platform that includes a wide range of endpoint protection capabilities like real-time malware protection, sandboxing integration (pairs well with AGSS’s Capture ATP), and increased visibility into encrypted traffic. Capture Client is a behavior-based antivirus platform, meaning your security doesn’t rely on a distance database of security signatures and known threats. The SonicWall SMB Bundles expand your protection to shutting down malware cocktails and ransomware zero days that may not have even been invented yet! Capture Client Advances identifies suspicious files and automatically kicks them over to your Capture ATP sandbox to be analyzed, safely detonated, and banished from your network before they ever have a chance to do harm.

What’s Capture Security Center?

Capture Security Center is your new network security command center, bringing all of the moving parts and loose ends of your security posture and tying them into one easy-to-navigate dashboard. Bring governance and compliance together in a single screen, centralizing all of your security operations in an automation-friendly management & reporting powerhouse. This service is perfect for small businesses that may not have the specialized skills or staff necessary to manage large, complex infrastructure.

What’s In It For Me?

The SonicWall SMB Bundle sweeps down your checklist of security needs and marks every box along the way. Not only are small businesses getting solid perimeter firewall protection, but they’re granted SSL traffic inspection, intrusion prevention, content filtering capabilities, advanced sandboxing with Capture ATP, behavior-based scanning, visualized reporting, and more. And if a threat should ever slip past your defenses and do some damage, Capture ATP allows windows users to literally rollback and erase the damage left behind. That’s right, even a successful attack won’t have a lasting impact thanks to the rollback features included with the Capture suite.

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What is SonicWall Advanced Gateway Security Suite?

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On October 24, 2018

What is SonicWall Advanced Gateway Security Suite?

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What Is SonicWall AGSS?

The Advanced Gateway Security Suite is a comprehensive, cohesive security bundle that comes with everything you need to lock down your network. It includes anti-virus, application controls, content filtering, & a cloud-based sandbox to stop advanced email-borne threats like ransomware & malware.

The term is nearly interchangeable with SonicWall’s TotalSecure Advanced packages, which you may be familiar with from our SonicWall product listings (TotalSecure Advanced is the name of the bundle, Advanced Gateway Security Suite is the product). And it makes a fantastic partner for SonicWall’s Capture Client, giving you even deeper insight into encrypted traffic!

A firewall without security services is about as useful as a rock. At the end of the day, you’re going to buy services if you care about network security and it tends to be easier to buy the ones that work well together. Sure, you could Frankenstein together a slew of conflicting solutions, clients, & applications, but you’re going to create bottlenecks and blind spots that could be avoided. Whether you plan on deploying a SonicWall, a Sophos XG Firewall with Synchronized Security, or a Fortinet FortiGate, it’s important that you first consider the security package that will support the hardware.

SonicWall Advanced Gateway Security Suite Includes:

Gateway Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware ICSA-Certified, network-based, and backed by a cloud database of over 12 million malware signatures. SonicWall’s Gateway Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware stops viruses, worms, Trojans, and advanced threats with real-time scanning.

Intrusion Prevention Service Stops malicious codes, worms, and Trojans in their tracks to prevent any outside attackers from getting their foot in the door.

Application Intelligence & Control Create application-specific policies and have more granular control over enforcement. Network administrators are more efficient than ever when they can manage business and non-business applications.

Content Filtering Tired of spotting Facebook, Youtube, and gaming sites on the clock? Block unwanted, illegal, unproductive, and inappropriate sites by denying access based on users, devices, groups, or time of day. Learn more with our in-depth article on Content Filtering services.

24×7 SonicWall Support Firmware updates, hardware replacements, technical support, and access to a suite of online self-help tools mean that you’re always armed to deal with unforeseen circumstances or hardware malfunctions.

Capture Advanced Threat Protection In the age of malware cocktails and ransomware-as-a-service, zero day attacks should be the biggest worry on any admin’s mind. SonicWall’s Capture ATP is a multi-engine, cloud-based sandbox solution that prevents unknown attacks and the most advanced threats the bad guys have to offer. Capture ATP even offers automated remediation and damage rollback! Take a deeper look with our Capture ATP article.

How Can I Get The Advanced Gateway Security Suite?

Firewalls.com offers SonicWall’s Advanced Gateway Security Suite in three packages: 1-Year, 2-Year, & 3-Year subscriptions, available with each NSa and TZ next generation firewall models. Save time with the convenience of a bundle, which gets you not only the protection offered in the Advanced Gateway Security Suite, but also a new, next-gen SonicWall firewall – all in one purchase. Find the right AGSS firewall bundle for you today!

Free 30-Day SonicWall Capture Client Trial Arrives

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On July 17, 2018

Free 30-Day SonicWall Capture Client Trial Arrives

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Ready to Try SonicWall Capture Client for yourself?

Capture Client from SonicWall is the most powerful unified enduser protection strategy currently on the market. Together with SentinelOne, SonicWall has integrated artificial intelligence & machine learning into your security! Featuring continuous behavioral modeling, Capture Client tracks activities, big or small, across your network– file creation & modification, disk & memory scripts, process executions, monitoring of internal app communication; Capture Client keeps a watchful eye over it all.

Read more about Capture Client in our in-depth overview.

The best news?

Now you can try it risk-free for 30 days.

TRY SONICWALL CAPTURE CLIENT FOR FREE

Capture Client from SonicWall Backs Your Defenses with Machine Learning

By Andrew Harmon

Posted On April 27, 2018

Capture Client from SonicWall Backs Your Defenses with Machine Learning

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Meet the SonicWall Capture Client

A phrase has appeared on our blog many times before and it will be repeated here today: the era of set-it-and-forget-it security has passed. With thousands of newly-minted malware variants created each day, it is just no longer viable to maintain an up-to-the-minute list of malware signatures. Instead, firewall manufacturers are refocusing their efforts into behavior-based scans. Signature-based scans entail some baked-in limitations: signatures are based on a set of known patterns, leaving networks vulnerable to any never-seen-before (or zero day) threats. In addition, maintaining the highest chance of success translates into near-constant updates to ensure that the very latest signatures are accounted for. With 2017 witnessing the birth of over 58 million different variants of known malware, this quickly becomes a Sisyphean task. Your task list just got a lot shorter thanks to SonicWall’s newly-released Capture Client.

SonicWall has taken a huge step forward in this arena with the recent release of the Capture Client, powered by SentinelOne. SentinelOne is a cyber intelligence company specializing in safeguarding endpoints through innovations in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Machine learning—a computer science discipline focused on harnessing advanced statistical analysis to imbue systems with the ability to learn through data—is the primary driver that allows behavioral-based scanning to detect zero day exploits and adapt to new threats. Capture Client and SentinelOne work together to provide one unified endpoint strategy featuring a wide array of security capabilities.

Continuous Behavioral Monitoring

Capture Client traces activities of all kinds occurring on your network. This includes file creation & modification, disk & memory scripts, process executions, and monitoring of internal communication within programs. Since Capture Client is solely monitoring files for behavior rather than handling and processing that data, there is absolutely no limit to the size of files that Capture Client can handle. No signatures need to be refreshed. Capture Client can effortlessly handle executable files, memory-only malware, document-based exploits, macros, drive-by downloads, scripts, credential scraping, and so much more. For your organization, this manifests in the form of relentless protection backed by the most current data available.

Multilayered Protection

The use of cloud intelligence enables Capture Client to learn how your network operates and react when those documented behaviors deviate from the norm. Static analysis, tag-teaming with machine learning, are able to make initial calls to determine whether a suspicious sample may pose a threat. During further dynamic behavioral analysis, Capture Client observes how a given sample may behave in a network environment without the risks of “detonating” the payload in your network.

No Scheduled Scans or Updates

When’s the last time your firewall got a firmware update? With Capture Client, it doesn’t matter. Cloud-based management with no handling of files means that your system is perpetually updated against the latest, the greatest, the leanest, and meanest of malware on the market.

Rollback Capabilities

Mistakes happen and despite our best laid plans, often human error can lead to unforeseen threats gaining a foothold on your network. But even if a malware payload is able to modify a few of your files, you can rely on the Capture Client’s rollback feature to restore you to pre-attack status. Capture Client’s rollback function reverts files to the last available version prior to malware modification. Rollback utilizes Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) available on all Windows machines. Because rollback relies on VSS, this feature is solely compatible with Microsoft systems.

Capture Client lives peacefully side-by-side with other SonicWall services such as the SonicWall Content Filtering Client and Global VPN Client. Policies for all of these products are conveniently managed via a single pane of glass through a cloud-based management console. When integrated with SonicWall firewall appliances, Capture Client blends perfectly into your security environment, offering a zero-touch experience for deployment on unprotected clients.

If your organization still relies on static policies, signature-based scanning, and firmware updates, you may be falling behind in the battle against advanced Internet threats. As the threat landscape changes, malware has shifted from a simple game of quantity to one of quality, versatility, and speed. Expect behavior-based security to become the norm in coming days. Where we currently stand, SonicWall’s Capture Client platform represents a huge step forward in meeting the demands of cybersecurity in 2018.

If you’re ready to really supercharge your network security, link up SonicWall’s Capture Client with a trusted local Managed Security Service Provider in your area for a partnership made in Heaven. Just as behavioral monitoring is becoming the standard for data scanning, Security As A Service is becoming standard operating procedure for businesses serious about security.

SAY GOODBYE TO RANSOMWARE. PUT MACHINE LEARNING TO WORK FOR YOUR NETWORK